Showing posts with label Cabrerolles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cabrerolles. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 May 2016
Windmills at Faugères
On our pretty walk at Faugères . Enjoying the yellow route from the village. Circular and 4.5 KM. Takes in the old windmills and the little stone houses. Starts in the village and follows yellow markers.
Saturday, 10 October 2015
Les Mates Basses
Les Mates Basses starting from Super Bel-Air. 8km. 2.30H. Some markers of different colours. Easy with a few short slopes.
This is a walk with some of the most stupendous views in the area. The walk starts from the car park at Super Bel-Air on the D909 near the pass of the Avant Monts. Walk across the road and passed the war memorials where you follow the tarmaced road past the houses and down to a track. Turn left onto the track which is marked yellow/red PR. Follow this wide track up the hill as it switchbacks to the top. Stay on the PR.
There is a short cut footpath but the track has some of the finest views I've seen on a walk. On this side of the Avant Monts you can see the beautiful Caroux, the Monts d'Orb and the Orb valley.
After a second short switchback you will come to picnic bench with beautiful views to the south of the Pyrenees and the coastal plain, even the sparkling sea.
Keep following the PR with views to the Caroux as you make your way down the slope again. Look out for a left turn, which twists down through a pretty valley.
You will find water for you dog here in a small pool under the trees.
Quite a long way down you will find a left turn,it just before a little clearing so don't miss it. The tiny path turns back on itself and then keeps to the left again before rising quite steeply up a slope of a rough stony path.
The path then descends through pretty woodland and little stone walls. Here begins Les Mates Basses so look out for little stone dwellings and the walled parcels of land.
Now the route joins a wide track where you go left and shortly left again onto a cycle track/PR once again.
You are quite near to the road here and here you can see the area of "The Frog" on the opposite hill just below the windmills. Shortly you will come to a sign for Les Mates Basses where you can leave the route to your left and do the short detour of a restored site.
This is a lovely area of stone houses, little fields and places to sit and enjoy the history of this wonderful area and how the mountain people lived many years ago.
Now return to the main track and continue up hill which you will shortly find yourself back at the car park. As well as wonderful views and history this walk with delight you with flowers, butterflies and the most wonderful bird song.
This is a walk with some of the most stupendous views in the area. The walk starts from the car park at Super Bel-Air on the D909 near the pass of the Avant Monts. Walk across the road and passed the war memorials where you follow the tarmaced road past the houses and down to a track. Turn left onto the track which is marked yellow/red PR. Follow this wide track up the hill as it switchbacks to the top. Stay on the PR.
There is a short cut footpath but the track has some of the finest views I've seen on a walk. On this side of the Avant Monts you can see the beautiful Caroux, the Monts d'Orb and the Orb valley.
After a second short switchback you will come to picnic bench with beautiful views to the south of the Pyrenees and the coastal plain, even the sparkling sea.
Keep following the PR with views to the Caroux as you make your way down the slope again. Look out for a left turn, which twists down through a pretty valley.
You will find water for you dog here in a small pool under the trees.
Quite a long way down you will find a left turn,it just before a little clearing so don't miss it. The tiny path turns back on itself and then keeps to the left again before rising quite steeply up a slope of a rough stony path.
The path then descends through pretty woodland and little stone walls. Here begins Les Mates Basses so look out for little stone dwellings and the walled parcels of land.
Now the route joins a wide track where you go left and shortly left again onto a cycle track/PR once again.
You are quite near to the road here and here you can see the area of "The Frog" on the opposite hill just below the windmills. Shortly you will come to a sign for Les Mates Basses where you can leave the route to your left and do the short detour of a restored site.
This is a lovely area of stone houses, little fields and places to sit and enjoy the history of this wonderful area and how the mountain people lived many years ago.
Now return to the main track and continue up hill which you will shortly find yourself back at the car park. As well as wonderful views and history this walk with delight you with flowers, butterflies and the most wonderful bird song.
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Cabrerolles.(Castle, chapel) Circuit of La Balaruc and La Borie Nouvelle
Cabrerolles.(Castle, chapel) Circuit of La Balaruc and La Borie Nouvelle. 6km, 2H. Blue, then red/yellow. An easy and most interesting walk. Rather hot in this weather as it was uphill to start with and then we couldn't find a small path that we wanted to take back in La Borie and ended up rather hot and bothered after a scramble down to the stream to find it!
Park in Cabrerolles beside the lovely little church and then follow the blue markers up to the Pigeoner. It's only a very short way off the walk to look at the old building and gives you a grade perspective of the castle above.
Now continue up the blue route to the castle following the route through the ruins with amazing views of the valley below and all it's wonderful vineyards. There is lots to see up here including the old site of an ancient graveyard within the castle walls.
Now go on up to the beautiful 14th century chapel and drop down to the back of the castle walls. If you don't want to do any more simply turn left here through the west gate arch and enjoy all the information on the flower/plant walk along this route.
Now continue on up the hill on the blue route through a holm oak wood and at a wide col you will see several paths. If you continue on the blue route as we did you will soon come to the little hamlet of La Borie Nouvelle with lovely views over the wooded hills to the pic de la Coquillade.
We tried to make it a circular route but failing in the midday heat we headed back along the little road to the col you can go down the little road as we did or down the Reseau vert yellow/red to the zigzags. (Here we found where our path came out!) Continue on the little road down to where the greenway goes onto a small track to your right, this passes some lovely vineyards with pretty views of the surrounding area.
Turn right onto the road and the church is just around the corner. Some super views down to the coastal plain on this walk. The blue route is part of a longer circuit of the Pic de la Coquillade. 8.4km. 3H30. One for a cooler day I think!
Park in Cabrerolles beside the lovely little church and then follow the blue markers up to the Pigeoner. It's only a very short way off the walk to look at the old building and gives you a grade perspective of the castle above.
Now continue up the blue route to the castle following the route through the ruins with amazing views of the valley below and all it's wonderful vineyards. There is lots to see up here including the old site of an ancient graveyard within the castle walls.
Now go on up to the beautiful 14th century chapel and drop down to the back of the castle walls. If you don't want to do any more simply turn left here through the west gate arch and enjoy all the information on the flower/plant walk along this route.
Now continue on up the hill on the blue route through a holm oak wood and at a wide col you will see several paths. If you continue on the blue route as we did you will soon come to the little hamlet of La Borie Nouvelle with lovely views over the wooded hills to the pic de la Coquillade.
We tried to make it a circular route but failing in the midday heat we headed back along the little road to the col you can go down the little road as we did or down the Reseau vert yellow/red to the zigzags. (Here we found where our path came out!) Continue on the little road down to where the greenway goes onto a small track to your right, this passes some lovely vineyards with pretty views of the surrounding area.
Turn right onto the road and the church is just around the corner. Some super views down to the coastal plain on this walk. The blue route is part of a longer circuit of the Pic de la Coquillade. 8.4km. 3H30. One for a cooler day I think!
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